The Connecticut Marine Trades Association is alerting its members of what it calls “a very intrusive bill,” HB 5128, An Act Concerning Certain Revisions to the Coastal Zone Management Statutes. This bill, which would permit a “rise in the sea level” to be a factor in denying the use of or rebuilding on your waterfront […]
MRAA News
MRAA supports efforts to fund dredging
Through the Highway Bill, which we have been following over the last few weeks and months, the House of Representatives is attempting to un-freeze funds from the Harbor Maintenance Fund. The Administration has frozen these funds, which have historically been managed by the Army Corps of Engineers and have been used to dredge larger ports. […]
U of M: CAFE standards could mean bigger cars
I find the article at the link below a little hard to believe, but I wanted to provide you with a brief status on the CAFE issue. Like many lobbyists who work on the CAFE issue, I purchased a car of choice several years ago and have been babying it so the car will last […]
The Hill: House sidesteps Highway Bill
The following is a link to an article in the non-partisan newspaper “The Hill,” on the Highway Bill. As you may recall, the Highway Bill is the vehicle for passage of the important Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. In the past, the Highway Bill has been a non-partisan bill. It has been used by Congress […]
MRAA opposes Mass. license buy back effort
The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas authored a letter opposing a state initiative in Massachusetts known as the Salt Water Angler Buy Back Study, which would use federal dollars to pay people not to fish. In Massachusetts, the MRAA supports the position of the Massachusetts MTA to oppose a state program which would pay […]
Global Marine Insurance signs on as MDCE Digital Sponsor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Global Marine Insurance Agency has signed on to be the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo’s Digital Sponsor for 2012. The company will provide every conference attendee with a pre-loaded flash drive containing PowerPoint presentations from every session of the conference. Following the event, Global Marine will also sponsor a Web page where […]
Proposed 54.5 mpg CAFÉ could cost industry jobs and sales
A proposed U.S. rule which would require automakers to double their vehicles average fuel economy to 54.5 mpg by 2025 may cost consumers $157 billion in additional vehicle costs but could cost the boating industry much more by killing the ability for Americans to pull their boats. The proposed rule requires annual fuel economy increases […]
Rep. Pingree Introduces Working Waterfronts Bill
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced H.R. 3109, the Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2012, along with 17 original co-sponsors late in 2011. The bill is very similar to one introduced by Rep. Pingree two years ago, which had the support of several national and state marine trades associations, including MRAA. MRAA has joined a […]
NOAA Sets Catch Limits on All Managed Species
In an unprecedented effort to sustain commercial and recreational fishing in the next several decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration set the world’s first catch limits for every species of marine animal it manages from Alaska Polluck to Caribbean conch making an important shift in public policy that could easily impact recreational fishing and […]
Final Longshore Rule Out
In 2009, after a long fought battle by a coalition of recreational boating trade groups, the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act was successfully amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to exclude certain additional recreational vessel yard workers from the federal law’s definition of “employee” as it related to repair and […]
